Unfolding the note, there was only a short sentence on it: Break off the engagement with the Ming family immediately, or else disaster will befall you.
Looking at the note, the head of the Yue family finally knew who this person was.
The one who could cancel the engagement so hastily must be Ming Zhaoyuan, the fifth master of the Ming family.
He was a very sentimental man. Ever since he married his wife, he had treated her wholeheartedly, never had any extramarital affairs, and never had a concubine.
After his wife disappeared, he never thought of marrying again.
If the head of the Ming family had not mentioned it to him by chance after leaving court, he would not have thought of marrying his fourth daughter to Ming Wu.
I had thought that it was not bad for a widower and a widow to get along well, so I agreed without thinking.
The head of the Ming family spoke so enthusiastically that I thought this was Ming Wu's intention. It seems that this is not the case at all. Ming Wu has never thought about getting married.
No wonder she wanted to show her kindness to him and told him the trick of turning stone into gold, it turned out she wanted to cancel the engagement.
Since he knew so much, he must also know who was behind the gold exchange. He managed the Ming family's business so well by himself, so this person is not simple.
But why would he help me? A disaster is coming? Is it about the national treasury?
It doesn't look like that. He has already mentioned the matter of the national treasury, and the disaster he mentioned this time may have another meaning.
What could it be?
No matter what, he had to go and see Ming Wu.
Ming Zhaoyuan left the Ming family and was on his way to inspect the rice shop when he was stopped by the head of the Yue family and invited into a teahouse nearby.
The two of them asked for a private room and exchanged a few pleasantries. The head of the Yue family took out the notes he had received, spread them out one by one, and pushed them in front of him.
"Mingwu! You wrote this, right?"
Ming Zhaoyuan picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip, then slowly put it down and looked up at the person sitting opposite him.
"I don't want to marry the fourth daughter of the Yue family. I want to use this news to get the Yue family to cancel the engagement. I hope the head of the family can understand."
The head of the Yue family looked at him and asked, "Where did you hear about this?"
Ming Zhaoyuan replied indifferently: "Don't bother the master to worry about this. As the saying goes, humans have their own way, ghosts have their own way, and demons have their own way.
As long as everyone lives in this world, they all have their own way. Please rest assured, I will not take to heart any person or thing that does not disturb my life. "
His meaning was very clear, this marriage had disturbed his life. He had no choice but to take action, otherwise he would never have handed him a note.
"Can you tell me who is the person who exchanged the gold behind the scenes?" The head of the Yue family was very concerned about this. He really wanted to know who stabbed him in the back.
"Cancel the marriage first. Don't worry about the rest, it will be solved naturally when the time comes."
Ming Zhaoyuan spoke lightly and clearly, but the Yue family's patriarch sounded extremely uncomfortable.
He thought that since he came to Ming Wu with the note, he should cooperate and tell him the person who exchanged the gold behind the scenes.
Unexpectedly, he didn't buy it. Not only did he not tell her the information he wanted, but he was asked to cancel the engagement.
He was unwilling to give up and wanted to fight for it: "As long as you tell me the name of the person behind the scenes, I will immediately send someone to your house to cancel the engagement."
Ming Zhaoyuan said nothing, and glanced at him calmly: "I don't agree with what the Yue family's Patriarch said. Isn't it enough to remind you of the mistakes you made? Why do you have to force Ming Wu?
If this is what you want to see, then you win. As for what will happen in the future, it is not something you, the Yue family, can control."
"What do you mean? Threatening me?" The head of the Yue family became angry and embarrassed.
"Not really." Ming Zhaoyuan remained indifferent. "If you feel threatened, then it is a threat. If I were you, I would never send someone to the Ming family so easily for the sake of my daughter's long and peaceful life.
Do you think a father should marry his legitimate daughter to a bastard? Why did the Ming family ask for the Yue family's daughter? You two old foxes know better than the other.
It's a pity that the fourth girl and I have suffered. We came together for the benefit of our two families and we don't have any real feelings for each other. Do you think the fourth girl will be happy in the future?"
The head of the Yue family snorted coldly: "For a noble family like ours, the marriage of children has always been sacrificed for the interests of the family since ancient times. What does happiness or not matter?"
"You are wrong. When a man and a woman are together, happiness is the most important thing. If you are willing to sacrifice your daughter, that is your business, but I don't want to sacrifice myself."
Ming Zhaoyuan looked at the head of the Yue family opposite him and slowly expressed his true thoughts.
"I don't want to face someone I don't like every day, it would make me feel like the days are long.
I will not marry your fourth daughter either. If you don't cancel the engagement on your own initiative, you will regret it if something happens.
I have done and said everything I can do and say. If the Yue family insists on marrying me, then it is not my business."
The head of the Yue family did not expect Ming Zhaoyuan to speak so bluntly and make it clear that he did not want to marry his daughter.
In order to avoid marrying his daughter, he actually exposed the fact that he bought fake gold. What did he want to do? Wasn't he afraid that I would kill him to silence him?
Ming Zhaoyuan looked up at the ruthlessness in the eyes of the Yue family's patriarch, and then smiled: "It's not impossible for you to kill me to silence me, but the problem is that if I die, will no one know what you did? If my father knew, what do you think he would do?"
The head of the Yue family: "......"
If your father finds out, I will be dead or alive. That old fox has been waiting for something to hold against my Yue family.
"But don't worry, I'm a businessman, and businessmen value integrity. As long as the head of the family takes the initiative to cancel the engagement, no one will know about this."
Ming Zhaoyuan's attitude was very indifferent, as if whether the marriage was cancelled or not had little to do with him. If it could be cancelled, then that would be fine, but if it couldn't be cancelled, then that was it.
He has done what he should do. Whether others accept it or not is their business.
"Why do you want me to cancel the engagement? Can't you take the initiative?" The head of the Yue family asked with gritted teeth, "It's not easy for my fourth daughter to get married. If I cancel it, who will dare to marry her in the future?"
"If I could have quit, I would have done so long ago. How could my father give up such an opportunity for the marriage between the Ming and Yue families?"
"If you tell me who is behind the gold exchange, I will cancel the engagement."
"Then forget it!" Ming Zhaoyuan slowly poured himself a cup of tea and poured a cup for the head of the Yue family opposite him. "I'm afraid that if I tell you, you won't be able to seek revenge. Those people did it very secretly, otherwise they wouldn't dare to let you send the things to the treasury."
The head of the Yue family had a gloomy face and took a sip of the steaming hot tea. He was afraid of Ming Zhaoyuan in front of him.
He had always looked down on the Fifth Master of the Ming Family and had little contact with him. He was just a bastard who could manage the family property, but he had no other advantages.
After meeting him today, I found out that he is not only good at business, but also good at gathering information. He even knows such secret things as exchanging gold. What else doesn't he know?
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